1. 1 Certification in Practice Mag.Danica Hrovatič, SLOVENIJA Happy Farm, 1st International Meeting Gleisdorf, 11.-13. January 2007

2. 2 Certification system (CS) in Slovenia n from the year 2000 n National Vocational Qualifications Act n needed additional regulations n cca 15.000 certificates (2006) n 84 catalogs of knowledge and skills (NVQ) (2006)

3. 3 Main points of the CS n parallel to educational system n vocational standard and catalog of knowledge and skills n knowledge and skills need to be proved by individual n portfolio

4. 4 Recognition, Validation, Assessment, Accreditation n information meeting n individual (and group) counselling n building portfolio n assessment procedure (portfolio) n accreditation procedure (certification)

5. 5 Tools n catalog of standards of knowledge and skills n tools for assessment of documents in portfolio n tool for assessment of competences (non-formal)

6. 6 Methods of the certification procedure n providing information n counselling procedure n portfolio method n procedure of validation (accreditation) –portfolio assessment –final accreditation

7. 7 Portfolio structure n personal introducing (including informal learning) n formal and non-formal education n formal and non-formal work n experiences n references n other

8. 8 Recommendations n counselling procedure n competence oriented perspective n recognition knowledge and skills n validation of working experiences n assessment of competences n not exam but process